Important Questions + Injuries, Rookies, and Unobtanium - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/24

hopes to have him back for week one. But this is interesting because it gives Cam Acres just that much more opportunity to establish himself as the number one running back in this offense. I believe we all were on the side leaning that Acres would take over the job after they spent a day two pick on him. Are you, what are your?

What are the birds telling you, Jason, are you looking at Acres? Did you move him up a couple spots? Malcolm Brown. He has been getting some play with the ones as well. Do you have any clarity on the Rams backfield?

Well, first, Malcolm Brown is so incredibly disrespected by fantasy. I mean, he's undraft. You can go to like 25 round leagues he's undrafted, which makes no sense because he will touch the ball. He will be in the offense. But I get it. We're looking for the upside. We're looking for the league winner or at least the weekly starter. And this is great news for Cam Acres. You know, sometimes it takes an injury ahead of you to give confidence for fantasy purposes that you are going to as a rookie get first team reps and get in.

you know, through training camp, that's what happened for Clyde Edwards Aller to vault so high. And if Cam Acres is now soaking up first team reps and getting that experience, it just means that if he were to take over as the main guy in this backfield, it could happen much earlier. In fact, if Henderson isn't ready for week one, you could see something big that doesn't go away. So we're all big fans of Cam Acres talent.

He was, you know, after Clyde Edwards Allaire, he was actually the higher running back for my rookies ahead of Jonathan Taylor when I initially made my rankings. And this, I think, could put him back in that spot. Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams has been diagnosed with a shoulder sprain. He is considered week to week. This is actually positive news because when the injury initially happened, there was great concern that his collarbone would be broken. The reports are that it is intact.

We'll see what happens with Mike Williams. Does this change anything for you, Jay, for early season? Does Keenan Allen get more targets? Are you more comfortable going in on Hunter Henry as one of the mid to late round tight end picks? I mean, look, if Mike Williams is not there week one, this is going to mean more targets for Keenan Allen and Hunter Henry. I'm not changing my draft strategy, though, outside of saying.

I'm no longer drafting Mike Williams because there's a very realistic chance. He's not there week one. And I'm not going to draft a Mike Williams that I can't even find out week one if he breaks out unless it's a best ball league. He's off my board, but I'm not adjusting the other two, even though they could have a small bump for a week or two. Some good news here. Andy Reid, head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. He has confirmed that Tyree Kill will return to practice in a few days. Sammy Watkins, the lizard king himself. He also...

Return to practice from the groin injury. And Nick Chubb running back for the Cleveland Browns. He has cleared the concussion protocol. He will return to practice. Melvin Gordon also returned to practice. So look, Jay, we found it. We're on a stretch here. But then we've got to bring this one up. Colts tied end, Jack Doyle. He has been sidelined with a neck injury. We'll see about that. I have been.

I have been, you know it. I have been 1,000% out on the possibility of Trey Burton. Like a dummy. Making any kind of noise for this offense. But through a matter of happenstance, Trey Burton has been taking the reps with the ones because the Colts, they did just reactivate Mo Ali Cox, aka Gigantor from the active PUP list.

but Trey Burton might be a thing. He might be a thing. I don't know. He could be a top 10 tight end. I mean, oh, no. Because it takes because it takes nothing. If he ends up with six touchdowns, he could have that. But I do think he's going to be utilized in that past catching role. He's been with Frank Wright before. He is healthy. I mean, that's the thing is it was like, well, he wasn't even healthy when he signed. And so he's injured. He's just a backup guy that's not going to be used. He's washed. None of that makes sense.

He's actually a healthy human being playing football for this team running with ones. He has a history with the head coach, the, you know, all the Jack Doyle love because of Philip Rivers also applies to Trey Burton. I still have Jack Doyle head. I haven't changed anything in my rankings based on this current Jack Doyle injury. But I still have Jack Doyle and Trey Burton only four spots away from each other in my rankings. And I think most people are 20 spots apart. That is ridiculous.

There is a little bit of hype here for running back, Washington running back. Bryce Love, look, you know that I'm an, how does that make you? I'm an Antonio Gibson truther, but I am also a fair journalistic reporter bringing you the news. Head coach Ron Rivera gushing that Bryce Love can be in every down back. I will say I was following Washington's.

The beat reporters out of Washington of talking about practice today, I didn't see anything about Bryce Love in there. They were talking about Antonio Gibson's running with the ones or getting, sharing time with the ones. He's not the only guy there talking about J.D. McKissick and Antonio Gibson on the field at the exact same time for Washington. So look, it's wild. You can take your shot here who you think is going to break out from Washington. I think it's, I,

Do believe it is a smart decision for fantasy to grab one of these players. It's going to be Antonio Gibson for me. I don't mind it all if you want to take the chance on Bryce Love. Bryce Love is the draft cost is much, much lower on Bryce Love. Jay, do you have an inkling which way you're going if you're taking one of the guys from Washington? Yeah, I do completely agree with you that it is worth taking someone here if you're looking for a home run pick.

I believe the chances are still on the Antonio Gibson side to actually succeed. That's the guy that this regime drafted, and that's the guy who when you're not talking about coach speak, but what happened during training camp as far as beat reporters saying, this guy did X, Y, or Z, you keep hearing about Gibson busting off touchdown runs in camp. I haven't heard anybody saying Bryce Love has just been electric, but the coach is saying he could.

I mean, I will say this on the beat reporter side. Bryce Love is, you know, often running ahead of Gibson. So I have no problem if someone wants to take a shot very late. It costs you nothing. Bryce Love is pretty much undrafted right now. You know, that's fine. Here's who I'm not taking. I'm not taking the presumed starter. I'm not drafting Adrian Peterson, who I think if we had to put odds on who has the most fantasy points at the end of the year from this.

group, the highest odds is Adrian Peterson. But that doesn't really matter for fantasy if, you know, if it's a guy that is every week, the running back 18, 19, and by the end of the season ends up with a good total, but didn't really help you on a week-to-week basis. So I would avoid personally, I would avoid Adrian Peterson. But if you want a plotting guy who's going to get a lot of touches.

then he's your man. He might. I mean, that remains to be seen of the way that Rivera and Scott Turner have ran an offense in recent history. We'll see how many carries Adrian Peterson can actually get if they're throwing the ball way more. But like we said, nebulous situation, but that's where you want to take your chances because that's where a breakout running back can come from. Before we get into the mailbag, this episode of the fantasy footballers is brought to you by head and shoulders.

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Footballers. Mailbag. Mailbag. Ooh. Mailbag time. Jason, are you ready for the mailbag? I've never been more ready. A little call and response there. I like it. All right, let's get into a voicemail. What's going on, fans, the footballers. I'm a big fan. Seven overall pick, full PPR. Devante Adams or Derek Henry. Appreciate you. All right.

Oh, 107. Full PPR. Do you take the, uh, the, uh, look, the outlier, Derek Henry, the man who gets it done for fantasy purposes without a huge pass catching resume? Or do you lean in to point every time Devante Adams catches the ball because it's going to be a lot this season? Jay, you're on the clock 107 PPR. Who are you drafting?

See, I know who I'm drafting, but I feel bad about it. I think that... That's strange. You shouldn't feel bad about your first round pick. Well, I feel bad about my answer to this question. I don't feel bad about my first round selection. My point is, in a full PPR, Devante Adams, I mean, he could very, like, the absurd, rare, you know, almost never happened before...

type of 200 targets in a season. That kind of an outlandish number that would be fantasy. Gold isn't good enough. That would be whatever they were mining on Pandora in Avatar. That's the substance that 200 targets brings. But the reality is... People remember Avatar? Well, yeah. I mean... I know there's like a thousand sequels coming out, but people remember Avatar?

Well, apparently I do. You could have gone with like vibranium and then I would have been all over it. But instead of like, I don't know what they're mining in Avatar. Okay. So it's a little bit old reference. But just wait a couple years. And when when all of the avatar moves to come back out, you'd be like, that reference is hot. Even though I don't remember the name of the mineral. Anyways, my point is Adams is great. But I've talked about this a lot. I really love the wide receivers that are available.

in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth round, and I hate the running backs there. And I believe that Derek Henry is phenomenal. He's worthy of a top pick. He, you know, sure, maybe he needs 18 total touchdowns to be a star. But he very well could have 18 plus total touchdown. Right. So I'm going to take the running back there if it's my team. But I do feel like the safest pick is,

Devante Adams. Where do you, if you're in a full PPR and you're on the clock and those are the two players you're choosing between, which way do you go? I believe I'm going to go with, if those are the two players I'm choosing between, I do believe that I'm going to go with Devante Adams because in PPR he is elite. He's top tier for me and I'm going to get a, I'm still going to get a great running back on the way back. He may not be in the class of Derek Henry.